Maxim Gorky's apartment in St. Petersburg to be put up for auction

ST. PETERSBURG, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The apartment in St. Petersburg where famous Russian writer Maxim Gorky lived will be put up for auction with a starting price of 75 million rubles (about 920,000 U.S. dollars), the press service of the Russian auction house Litfund reported on Friday.

According to Litfund, this six-room apartment is located on the sixth floor of a building on Kronverksky Avenue, with a living area of 212 square meters. It has a living room with a fireplace, three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two balconies, and a back door equipped with a separate elevator. The apartment is currently privately owned.